On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:07 AM, Jan Schenkel <janschen...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The reason to avoid a shell call to stat is simple: calling it for each > individual file in a big folder could prove an expensive operation, while a > simple mapping method should suffice to convert 501 to "janschenkel" when > you're already using the detailed files. Jan, But you can use a single stat command to list the property for all your files. Using the format options for the stat call you can tailor the output of the command to suit your needs of parsing. For example, if all you want is group information then you can do something along the lines of: stat --format="%n|%U|%G" <list of files> for example, look at this usage scenario: stat --format="%n|%U|%G" base.csv callgraph.dot examples.desktop the output is: base.csv|agarzia|agarzia callgraph.dot|agarzia|agarzia examples.desktop|agarzia|agarzia which is a nice parsable format using cr and pipes. First is the file name, then the owner name, then the group name. I think that a single stat call querying multiple files is easier than ls -l or parsing the detailed files and then checking the /etc/ stuff. :D -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
